infinite expense...

Let me tell you, make sure that you are very sure with yourself that you want to spend your lifetime with him/her before you get married. There are too many to-do-things which take you a lot of times and energy to finish them.  And it really needs a lot a lot of money, budgeting is really never enough, whatever you spent is going to beyond the budget for sure, no matter how big your budget is. From what I see from my brother, half a year is really not enough to finish all the things on the list while he has to work at the same time!!! I 'accompanied'  them to the bridal shop for selecting photos session (well, i was not volunteered, its because my bro can't send me back to the hostel so they will be late for the appointment). and for the selection of the furnitures and the electricities things. It really bores me and I fall asleep at there the whole afternoon. The bridal shop people is really good at making money, I think they will be the number 1 if they are taking marketing. No wonder you won't see any bridal shop bankrupt or lose money. These are what they 'usually' do:

first, they will ask you to sign up for a package that is very close to your budget and 'claim' that the offers included everything and its very good enough for the couple

then, they will take a lot and a lot of photos. 

So, you have to add money to add photos as you can't select 100++ photos from 900++ photos!!! Well, my brother did it, but the people ask him to add money to do more so that their albums will be very special. Imagine that you have to spend 75rm for adding another photo. Although they can give 'special price', this is what they said, but you and me know that this is their marketing way la. No matter how you bargain with them, they will say 'Oh, you can't measure it with money, its priceless, as long as its special for the couple.' This happened on my sister too.

In conclusion, you have to be very money minded when you come to this and a very firm stand.Or use your 'auntie' skills to bargain. If not, I am very sure that you are going to spend a big big hole of your assets and the bridal shop people is going to love you very much!!!